I have an '08 Lancer ES. I have some time to kill, and I want to rig my garage door opener to a switch on the dash. This way I can stow the garage door opener instead of sticking it on my sun visor or having it bouncing around the car.

I purchased an ASC OFF switch for this purpose. I gather this is a switch to turn off the active stability control. The ASC was not an option on my ES, and I'm thinking it is an option on the EVO, hence I'm posting this here. Right now I have three plugs in holes to the left of my steering wheel. These are presumably for options that my car doesn't have.

Basically, I can wire the two leads that "go hot" when the ASC switch is pushed to my garage door opener, so that pushing the ASC switch has the effect of pushing the button on the opener. (Pushing the switch will complete the circuit for the opener.) I'll put the ASC switch in its proper location on the left side of my dash, with the opener connected and stowed in the area by the fuse panel.

Here are my questions:

1. Has anyone ever removed this switch or any of the three plugs/switches on the dash to the left of the steering column? Any tricks? I tried gently pushing in and pushing out and didn't get anywhere. Before I go crazy and break something, maybe someone can clue me in.

2. It appears the lettering on the ASC OFF switch can be illuminated. Does the illumination come on when the lights are turned on? Or does it light up when the ASC is turned off?

Thanks for any advice.

If anyone cares, I'll post pics and a how-to when I'm finished.

Mark

 

Whoa.... using ASC switch for a door opener????


But anyways, to answer your question:

1. When you push the switch (in EVO), theres a sign that lights up in the cluster gauge panel (says ASC OFF), push it again it engage the ASC and TC. push it longer you turn off ASC and TC completely till you push it again.


2. ASC switch illuminates when you turn on your park lights (if connected properly).

I know GTS has ASC function button, not sure about the ES.

Hope this answer your question. good luck.

 

This article gives you the general idea:

http://www.patricktam.net/Weblog/Per...daa1b23f5.aspx

The Boxster has two switches available for the heated seat option. This guy's Boxster did not come with heated seats, so in place of the switches are blank plugs. He purchased an extra window switch (which fits the same size hole as the seat heater switch) and connected it to his garage door opener. The opener is stuffed into the center console. Now when he pushes the "window" switch, which lives in the spot for a seat heater switch, it activates his garage door opener.

My Lancer ES has three spots to the left of the steering column for various accessories, but my car has none of these accessories. ASC is one of the things that has a switch that fits into one of these spots. I purchased the ASC switch, but I have no ASC to connect it to. Rather, I will simply use the switch to trigger my garage door opener. This will provide no real benefit other than the fact that my garage door opener will be hidden from view. And I like to tinker with things, so this lets me tinker!

If things work properly, hitting the ASC switch in my car will open/close my garage door!

Maybe I can say that ASC stands for "Automatic Security Control." My garage door being a security device???

 

Yes you could hook it up. If you know how to do the wiring, all you have to do is connect the 2 together.

ASC might be hard because as the guy above posted it does different things if you push or hold it, but if you just buy a different button or even a switch, but pretty much just disassemble the garage opener and hook it up to your button rather than the button on the unit. Should really be no different

 

It's just a switch on a regular lancer..there is no ASC as in the evo I presume- don't even tie it into the factory wiring in any way. just hard wire two wire to your garage remote in parallel with the original button. You may want to make the wires long enough to locate the remote somewhere convenient for access purposes. Lastly, I'd make a connector tso you can take it out to change the batteries or whatever.


Actually, I was thinking of buying a generic push button switch from mitsu for one of the blank-off switch hole cover myself for use on the starter interrupt/kill switch that the dealer installed alarm used to use.

 

Since nobody seems to have said it yet: your garage opener and your car probably run different voltage, so make sure you work that out before hooking it up. You may need some resistors or transistors or something (<---not a circuits guy)

Also, if you have one of the modern garages with the opener that switches frequencies every push, I am not sure if the opener needs to have a constant power supply. I know where I used to live, if the remote's battery died, then I had to re-sync it with the garage door.

Good luck with it

 

To get the part off, unscrew the bottom left screw first. Then, open the fuse box door, get your fingers in and PULL HARD towards the back of the car. It is held on by those damn white push tabs, so you'll need a bit of force. The blank switches are held in by a massive tab that you need to push down on once you have access to it. I've attached pictures of the panel when it is slightly removed, as well as the blank having it's tab compressed.

The ASC illumination is like your dash, it comes on when you turn your lights on. You would be fine just leaving the illumination wires disconnected. Just use a multimeter to figure out which wires are closed when the switch is pushed.

 

Got it done yesterday afternoon, and it works great. I'll post pics and details later.

A couple of quick comments:
I did hook into the factory wiring to get the illumination. The harness was already there, so it was just plug in.

The set-up isn't getting any power from the car. It uses power from the battery of the garage door opener. So, voltage issues aren't a problem.

The ASC switch is the perfect switch for this use. All it does is provide continuity for two terminals when the switch is depressed. Push and let go, just like the button on the garage door opener, completes the circuit and transmits the signal. The different functions that come from proper use of the ASC switch (ASC off, traction control on/off, whatever) are not due to differences in signals from the switch, rather the computer just does different things depending on how long you hold the switch.

 

cool man, thats awesome you got it working

 

That's a pretty awesome mod, looking forward tot his how-to. I might even give it a try if it's easy enough for someone with no knowledge of wiring, etc.

 

I posted a more-or-less complete how-to over in the '08+ Lancer forum. I hope this is a proper link to that thread:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/la...or-opener.html

By the way, the installation took me less than an hour. Granted, it took me time to get the switch, and I had done some planning ahead of time. I've done all my car stereo installations, and I have some experience soldering things and dealing with a bit of electricity. I can install a ceiling fan, for example. However, I'm no electrician. This was pretty simple.

 

sweet, yea and u could always paint over the ASC lettering on the switch, just paint it matte black. Just don't full the next buyer of your car into thinking it has traction control, u might get more money for it, lol

 

Another note, I assume this will work on an EVO as long as you still have one spare slot for the switch. Note that there is no need to make any connections to your car. The switch/door opener are self-contained. I wired into the car electronics only for the illumination that goes with turning on the lights. If you already have ASC and use it, you could still set up the garage door opener on a separate switch (as long as you have an open slot). If you have ASC and wanted the illumination, you could tap into the illumination leads in the harness.

 

+1. Good mod!

I just used that spot a couple days ago for a remote mute button for my radar detector. I'm lazy, and don't want to reach up when driving, so I spent time fishing wires throughout the car instead .

I'm looking at getting a different switch though (since I already have ASC). I suppose I could get the Auto Light switch, but I was hoping Mitsu had something cool, like an IC Spray button

 

[QUOTE=xPRimNT;7038304IC Spray button [/QUOTE]
Yea, i have seen that button in some overseas model evos, dunno if you could find the part number to order one though, all the us parts catalogs dont have it